Farm-gate



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FARM GATE.

N0. 299,180. Patented May 27, 1884.

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FARM GATE.

P tnted May 27, 1884.

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FARM GATE.

Patented May 27, 1884.

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FARM- GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,180, dated May 27, 1884. Application filed June 20, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEMUEL TAYLOR and MINER TAYLOR, residents of Jordan, in the county of Green and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it4 pertains to make and use the same.

Our invention is an improved farm-gate, sliding or rolling parallel with the fence as it is opened and closed, and provided with suitable levers, by means of which it may be opened or closed from the roadway on either side of the gate. The. construction and operation of the gate are described in the following speciiication, and its details are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe gate; Fig. 2, a plan thereof; Fig. 3, a cross-section of central post, A, through line 'v o, Fig. l; Fig. 4., a rear elevation of the gate-supporting pulley g, Fig. l; Fig. 5, a central vertical transverse section of same; Fig. 6, a plan of one of the posts A,with the cap e,which surinounts it; and Fig. 7, an elevation of the gate, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. l and 2. A

In these v`iews,A A are two posts, standing in the line of the fence and at opposite sides of the gateway or entrance, and A A are two similar posts, equidistant from and on opposite sides of the post A in a line at right angles to the fence. Each of the posts A A A A is split from the top downward for a suitable distance into two unequal parts, the thinner parts O C C C being sprung inward from the respective posts toward the center of the driveway or road, which leads through the gate at right angles to the fence. An arched cap, B, connects the posts A A at the top, and holds in place the bent parts C C thereof. The bent portion C of the post A passes upward through and projects above the cap B, for the purpose hereinafter set forth, and the parts C C of the posts A A pass upward through and project above short caps e e', which surmount saidposts, respectively,

tilting frame consisting of two levers, Q Q',

and a cross-bar, W, united by suitable braces. The levers Q Q meet at a common point or vertex on the outer side of the posts A A A, or the side opposite the driveway, and their diverging ends extend inward over the driveway. The crossbar WV, to which the hinges H are attached, is at right angles to the gate, and forms the axis of oscillation of the tilting frame. For the sake of increased rigidity the tilting frame is strained tense by means of a continuous wire, b, which extends from tip to tip of the levers, passing through the crossbar W near its ends and through the levers Q Q near their vertex, as shown, thus slightly bending the levers. Two transverse braces, c, hold the parts of the frame apart, while two bolts, d, draw them together.

On the front face of the post A are secured two parallel cleats, f, Fig; 3, and on these cleats are .fastened two parallel metal strips or guides, p, Figs. l and 3, wh ose inner edges are somewhat nearer together than the inner edges of the cleats. Nithin the space formed by the cleats and guides moves freely up and down a roller, ,whose central shaft forms the pintle of a hinge, N', Figs. l, 2, 3. The lleaves of this hinge are screwed to the lower end of a pitman, L, and the upper end of a pitman, K, respectively, the upper end of the pitman L being hinged to the vertex of the tilting frame by a hinge, N, while the lower end of the pitmanKis hinged to the central bar, F, of the gate hereinafter described by means of a hinge, N, Figs. l, 2. Instead of being plain, as shown, the pulley t' may be formed with an annular groove in its edge to receive the inner edges of the guides p.

The frame of the gateh consists of a longitudinal central bar, F, through which pass Y upper ends.

v the cap and plate.

.three or more round vertical rods, G, the rods being inserted near the front edge of the bar, to allow room for the hinging and working of the pitman K in rear of them. (See Figs. l and 2.) The ends of the bar F project outward a considerable distance beyond the outermost vertical' rods, and a series of barbed or other wires, w, are stapled upon the rods and drawnto the ends of the bar. The wires being fastened rmlyto the rodsG at each point of contact therewith, and strained tight from the outer ends, there is no tendency of the rods to bend inward and loosen the wires, and any slackening of the wires from any cause is easily remedied by twisting together two or more of them at the end, as shown at the end T, Fig. 1.

At one end of the gate is a vertical bar, J, rigidlyattached to the central bar, F, and to the wires w, andprovided with two rollers, g,

Fig. 1, which are formed with grooved edges and roll upon two plain wires, l?, forming part of the fence to which the gate belongs. The opposite end of the gate is supported by a wire, x, Fig. l, whose upper end is attached to a grooved roller, c', which rolls ona horizontal wire, D, connecting the posts A A near their One end of the wire D is fastened to the post A by means of a bolt and nut, E, Fig. l, by means of which it may be tightened, to compensate for any'defle'ction of the posts by the strain of the fence.

The construction of each of the pulleys g (whose details are shown in Figs. 4, 5) is as follows: m is a plate adapted to be fastened upon the bar J my, a cap fitting upon the plate and adapted to be screwed with it to the bar, both cap and plate being centrally recessed to receive the trunnions n of the grooved pulley k, which rotates `freely in the space between The cap m is horizontally bored near its lower margin for the passage of the wire l?, the hole through which the wire passes being large enough to allow free movement of the wire, but at the same time small enough to form a guide for the wire. By means of this guide the wire is held in place in the groove of the pulley, and the pulley is freed from any possibility of rubbing or binding on the plate m or cap m. The case y, which incloses the pulley c', is similarly bored for the passage of the wire D, Fig. l, and with the same result. v

The operation of the gate is as follows:

When the gate is closed or nearly closed, as

shown in Fig. l, the free ends of the levers Q Q are raised above the horizontal plane of the cross-bar W, while the vertex of the levers is below said plane. If, now, the cord and handle R S, attached to the arm Q, or a similar cord and handle attached 4to the arm Q', be drawn down, the vertex of the tilting frame rises, carrying with it the pitman L, and drawing upward the roller z' in the space formed by the guides p p. As the roller fi moves upward, the pitman K gradually approaches a vertical position, its upper endrnoving upward, while its lower end moves in a horizontal line, throwing the gate open.

When the gate is half opened, the pitman K 7o is vertical, and the motion of the tilting frame no longer tends to move it in any direction.

The momentum of the gate, however, throws it past the center The upper end of the pitman K descends, and the vertex of the tilting frame is again depressed. The gate is closed in the same manner described for opening it-that is, by drawing downward the handle. S and raising the vertex of the tilting frame,

and with it the roller t'. In all positions of 8O the gate the free ends of the levers Q Q' and the cords attached to them are over the driveway which Lleads through the gate, and are within easy reach of the occupant of a vehicle approaching the gate from either direction.

We are aware that the combination of a rolling or sliding gate with a tilting lever, and a pitman connecting the gate and lever is not new, and we do not therefore claim such a combination, broadly; but,

Having described our invention and its operation, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. rlhe combination of the posts A A A,

vthe tilting frame Q QW, hinged to said posts,

the pitmen L K, the hinge-joint N', connecting said pitmen, and moving in suitable ver-` tical guides on the post A, and asliding gate, to which the lower end of the pitman K is attached, the upper end of the pitman L being attached to said tilting frame, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. rlhe combination ofthe vertical crossbars G, the central timber, F, rigidly attached to said cross-bars, and extending beyond them at both ends, and the wires w, strained upon 'said cross-bars, and meeting at the ends of said timber F, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the posts A A A, a sliding gate moving in a plane at right angles to the line of the posts, the tilting frame, Q Q' W, hinged to said posts, the pitmen L K, united by a hinge-joint at their intersection, and connecting said tilting frame and gate, the roller i, attached to and moving with the hinge-j oint at the intersection of said pitmen L K, and the cleats f and guides p, attached to the post A, and forming a guide for the roller i, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the tilting frame, the rolling or sliding gate shown and described, the pitmen L K, attached to said frame and gate, respectively, and moving in the same vertical plane, and the roller z', forming a joint between said pitmen, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the plate m', the cap m, and the grooved pulley 7c, rotating in the IIO space between said plate and cap, said cap being horizontally bored for the passage of a wire, P, on which said roller moves, thereby forming a guide for said wire, substantially 5 as shown and described, and for the purpose specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEMUEL TAYLOR. MIN ER TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

set forth. l R.' H. WILEs,

In testimony whereof we have signed this OsoAR TAYLOR. 

